PC does not recognize live CD
Thomas Blasejewicz
thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp
Fri May 7 17:44:40 UTC 2010
Tomasz Kisielewski さんは書きました:
> Hi
> Do you have wright settings in BIOS, some machines has got boot from
> CD disabled, enter set up by pressing DEL or other key.
> Or try other distro's live CD. I will wait for 10.4.1 on my PC doesn't
> display....
> Tom
>
>
I tried to disable "boot from CD" - did not succeed. There is no option
allowing me to disable that item.
burning via Linux: I tried that too. Apparently my not PC (used solely
for experimenting with Linux) has only a CD-ROM = cannot burn any CDs.
* Installing Linux on my desktop PC (currently Windows XP): the last
time I tried that, it disabled my work machine and almost put me out of
business.
= NOT an option. I need to have my "production machine", as some people
on this list like to call it, running.
So far (I spent already 3 years trying to make this thing work!) Linux
could not guarantee me that. (Probably I am just too stupid.)
The downloaded live CD does not work.
I cannot burn a new CD with a the Linux based computer I have.
ALL other options so far have failed .
Now what?
"Just" (that seems to be a term many Linxu users are allergic to) forget
about it and resign to being stuck with 9.04?
Is that it?
I am under the impression that this is for a software that is supposed
to be "extremely user friendly", "simply works", "has no bugs"
(the usual comments on this and many other Linux related lists) a
somewhat poor performance, isn't it?
Or am I missing something essential?
As I said before, at least 10 different version of Linux (live CDs) can
be booted from my Windows machines, but
(maybe = did not try ALL disks I have) only TWO from a Linux based
computer. The others simply show up as being "mounted"
but don't do anything.
But since TWO disks actually **DO** boot, the BIOS setting should be OK.
If it is not and needs a 10-million character long programming job ...
you know, all those difficult things your are supposed to enter at the
"terminal" ...
I am afraid that is way beyond my capabilities.
It is 3 Am and I have enough for today. Sorry. Please excuse me.
Good night
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 10:04:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: PC does not recognize live CD
> From: tarvid at ls.net
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>
> Hmmm. I have not had the live CD problem on my hardware but I have
> heard reports from friends that they don't work on some hardware and
> knowledgeable people have reported problems in diagnosing the problem.
> Hiding bootup detail doesn't help matters.
>
> I did find the cdromupgrade script on the alt CD broken - it asks for
> a CD label other than that on the iso.
>
> There is a plethora of complaints about Lucid. Hopefully the 10.04.1
> release will reduce the noise. Replacing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
> with Love, Enthusiasm and Faith should be our goal.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au>
> wrote:
>
> On 07/05/10 23:33, Karl Larsen wrote:
> > On 05/07/2010 04:32 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/05/10 19:36, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Steve Grace 㠕ん㠯書㠠㠾㠗㠟:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> The 10.04 LiveCD is bad and it comes up with a blank screen
> >>>>> with two tiny things near the bottom. When you see these try
> typing Esc
> >>>>> and maybe it will work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> The 10.04 live CD works fine here. It's just different from
> previous
> >>>> versions; instead of asking questions about language, what
> you want to
> >>>> do, etc., up front, it asks near the end of the boot process.
> Be patient.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've seen the two icons in question; does anyone know what
> they're
> >>>> supposed to represent?
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> It does not seem to work that way here.
> >>> Pressing "esc" at **ANY** time has no effect. The computer
> ALWAYS boots
> >>> from the HDD
> >>> BIOS is set to boot from CD-ROM first.
> >>> LiveCDs that DO work:
> >>> Ubuntu 9.04
> >>> Debian
> >>>
> >>> LiveCDs that DO NOT work:
> >>> Ubuntu 9.10
> >>> Ubuntu 10.4
> >>> Ubuntu 8.10 etc.
> >>> Mandriva
> >>> Fedora 10
> >>> OpenSUSE just tried 10.3
> >>> Puppy
> >>> PCLOS
> >>> etc.
> >>>
> >>> So, of all the disks I have (tested) TWO actually work
> (=meaning that
> >>> the computer is functioning and booting from CD is possible.
> >>> The others don't.
> >>> To answer another question: except the "debian" disk, ALL disks
> >>> (including the one that works = 9.04) were prepared using my
> Windows
> >>> machine:
> >>> exactly the same equipment, same stack of new CDs etc.
> >>>
> >>> WHAT is the difference between a live Ubuntu 9.04 and a live
> Ubuntu
> >>> 9.10/10.4 etc.
> >>> Since one actually DOES work, it cannot be the computer, can it?
> >>> Also, someone suggested downloading a new file, burn the CD again.
> >>> Does not work. This time I downloaded both the English 10.04
> as well as
> >>> the Japanese localized version of 10.4. Neither works.
> >>> And I tried this before: downloading 2-3 times, burning new
> disks. But
> >>> that did not help.
> >>>
> >>> What magic is required to make this thing work???
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Why not burn them using Ubuntu? Install k3b and burn the image
> with it.
> >>
> >> BC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Come on guys this is a dead herring! Both the 9.10 and 10.04
> > LiveCD's are weird and have problems that a new convert from Windows
> > will have problems with. The people at Ubuntu need to look at the
> > problem and fix it. I suggest they just go back to the 9.04 design.
> >
>
> Oh dear, oh dear...........
>
> Both of the Live CDs for 9.10 and 10.04 I have, and downloaded from
> either my ISP or from the Main Repo at Canonical, are booting/going
> live/installing without a ANY PROBLEMS!
>
> Please stop spreading FUD around!
>
> BC
>
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> forgo their use."
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